- Giles Coke
Football player infobox
playername = Giles Coke
fullname = Giles Christopher Coke
height = height|meters=1.83
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|6|3|df=yes
cityofbirth =London
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Northampton Town
clubnumber = 7
position =Midfielder
youthyears = 2002–2004
youthclubs = Queens Park Rangers
years = 2004–2005
2005–2007
2007–
clubs = Kingstonian
Mansfield Town
Northampton Town
caps(goals) = 28 (0)
70 (5)
26 (5)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 08:44, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Giles Christopher Coke (born
3 June ,1986 inLondon ) is an English footballer who plays for League One side, Northampton Town.Coke started his career as a youth player at Queens Park Rangers, where he was released to non-league side Kingstonian and was soon snapped up by Mansfield Town, and subsequently bought by Northampton Town in the summer of 2007.
His name was linked with several Championship clubs, including Southampton, Reading, Norwich City, Watford and Wolverhampton Wanderers. However, Coke decided to remain at Mansfield for a further year, signing a new one-year deal with Mansfield in the summer of 2006. He signed for Northampton Town on 2 July 2007 on a two-year contract. [Cite news
title = Northampton sign midfielder Coke
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/6261002.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date =2007-07-02
accessdate = 2008-09-23] A Football League tribunal on 24 September 2007 ruled that Northampton must pay Mansfield a maximum fee of £70,000 (depending on appearances) for the transfer, as well as a sell on clause of 20%. [Cite news
title = Tribunal sets fee for Coke switch
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/7010931.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date =2007-09-24
accessdate = 2008-09-23]Although born and bred in London, England, Coke has both
Ghana ian and English ancestry allowing him to represent either nation at international level.References
External links
*soccerbase|id=41016|name=Giles Coke
* [http://www.ntfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/FirstTeam/0,,10425~1114663,00.html Player profile] at ntfc.co.uk
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